Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fingerprint sensor and electronic device having ihe same
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Application No.: US16673080Application Date: 2019-11-04
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Publication No.: US11256892B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: Jin-Uk Jeon , Sun-Kwon Kim , Seung-Hoon Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2016-0031874 20160317
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00

Abstract:
A fingerprint sensor includes a pixel array, an analog-to-digital converter, and a reference signal generator. The pixel array includes a plurality of unit pixels arranged in rows and columns, and each of the plurality of unit pixels generates an analog signal by detecting a fingerprint of a user. The analog-to-digital converter performs an analog-to-digital conversion operation on the analog signal to generate a digital signal. The analog-to-digital converter is configured to perform the analog-to-digital conversion based on a reference signal. The reference signal generator generates the reference signal such that the reference signal decreases at a first rate from a start voltage, and adjusts a magnitude of the start voltage based on the digital signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200065543A1 FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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